RE: New papers on the dinosaur formerly known as Syntarsus (no more "Megapnosaurus")

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Brad McFeeters wrote:

> The new *C. rhodesiensis* specimen QG165 is described as having a "crest" 
> much lower again than in *C. kayentakatae* (3 mm).  However, this "crest" 
> may exist only on the right side of the skull, and the authors consider it 
> more probable to be an artefact of distortion.

A similar thing was once said about certain _C. bauri_ specimens from the 
Ghost Ranch quarry; these also appeared (probably misleadingly) to show 
incipient crests.

Speaking of the Ghost Ranch _Coelophysis_, there's this from the NMGS Annual 
Spring meeting (2005) Abstracts volume:

Rinehart, L.F., Hunt, A.P., Lucas, S.G., and Heckert, A.B., (2005).  
Coprolites and cololites from the Late Triassic theropod dinosaur 
_Coelophysis bauri_, Whitaker Quarry, Rio Arriba County, NM.  New Mexico 
Geology 27 (2): 53.

Apparently Rinehart &c provide additional evidence that _C. bauri_ was a 
cannibal that ate its own young.

Cheers

Tim